Commercial Break - Ready Steady Glow

If you’re a child of the 1980s, there ain’t any ads more iconic than those for Ready Brek. Yes, we did believe that spooning a steaming bowl of the lumpy, curdled oaty mush would give us an orange glow and protect us from the cold. No, it didn’t f***ing work.

Here’s one of those classic ads, featuring a hip-hoppin’, body-poppin’ young shaver (white, obviously), strutting his stuff around the streets surrounded by his magical Ready Brek force field.

Fast forward to 2008, and the glow has been reintroduced, in this brand new Ready Brek ad. Sadly, it appears that LSD has also been added to the list of ingredients…